COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1083, 9 October 1879, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

EU'NFIIdN". Mr.. BfEIVF.r l>Rtvr;r., w» behalf »>f th-' Tf.Z. L. .wl M.A. fVmfiitny (limited), rrport-t for tli« week emlm;' October 7, 1H79. a* follows : Fat Cattle —Tim moderate suppty of II! heat I came forward, cuietly good t'» print-.-quality. There w;j.-t fair competition. and an aiivar.ee on t.utt weeRV quotation.'* tool; place. licst liijlloek.t E>ft>rtLrEiC frocn LI I H>.J t» LIS Gd per head. equal to 3iX< to Sit tid per tOOtbs for prime, an-1 -7a »"d for medium quality. Fat Sheep..—"23lS were penned, crossbred* and merinos. All were cleared o!F by auction, although la-> 6 week's * ere barely maintained. f'rtwa-bretls brott.sht from ll# to 14* enoh ; merinos, 10a 6d. W« sold a draft of cress-bretls, on account of J. G. Gray, Kaij., at above prices, cqoal to 2j'd per lb. Fat Lambs.—22o penned, and were sold At from St» 3d to 14s each. Store Sheep. —We have cnfptirfss for both eiasoes of StockWool.—We received the following cablegram of the closing of the last sales, dated September 27th: "The »ales closed on SKtb September at an average decline of Id to lsd per lb. Abont 290,000 bates were comprised in the series. 40.000 bales were held over for future disposal, and parebAse» /or export reached IBD,OOQ bales. Prices of «on«bing"washed showed a decline of Id per ]b on those at close of hist sales: while superior medium and inferior declined l§d to> 2d; scoured. Id ; medium and inferior greasy, jd tr> ltl; cross-bred. I.UI to 2d: Eimbswool and clothing washed Id. as comfared with closing prices of previous series, 'or superior greasy the market wast onchanged. Continental demand was good bat the Homp trade purchased sparingly. American demand had improved." Sheepskins.—We catalogued ISOQ for on* - Monday's safe. I*riee9 were rather easier, •specially for crosa-breds, for which competition was rather weak. Crosa-hreds fetched front *'.t 3d to 3s Bd ; mertnos, 2s 3d to 3a 6d ; and station skins, ?d to 2s each. fltiles..—We disposed of abont tOO at 2.1 d jtwr lb for salted, and !3a to ItJs each for each for batchers' gveen. Tallow.—There isno-demand forrendered. Rongh fat we at 14s per cwt. Grain.—Wheat—There is fair demand for prime milling, at 4s 9d to ss; medium, 4s {?9 to 4» Sd. Oits—No chansje in qnotations, and very little Imsiness doing. Good samples, of feed are worth 3# to 2» id ; milling, '2a 2tl to 'is 3d. Barley—\o sales since oar last report. Qnotations are unchanged.